Dish-holder.



W. F. KILKENNY'.

DISH HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.29, 1917.

1,235,206. Patented July 31, 1917.

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WIIJLIAIVI F. KILKENNY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO STRATI-IIVIORE COMPANY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, A CORPORATION OF RHODE ISLAND.

DISH-HOLDER.

Application filed January 29, 1917.

T 0 all 10 [tom it may concern Be it known that I, VVILLIAMI F. Kru- KENNY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dish -H01ders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to holders for sanitary dishes, and the object of this invention is to provide such a holder adapted to receive a flexible destructible dish-shaped lining constructed of paper or other suitable inexpensive material, said holder being provided with means for engaging the edge of the lining to positively retain the same against movement while the contents are being removed therefrom.

WVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing my improved construction of dish in which the edge of the paper lining is engaged by a clip.

Fig. 2 is a plan view showing a portion of the holder and lining and as engaged by the clip which is mounted on the handle.

It is found in practice particularly in the dispensing of such edibles as ice cream and the like over the counter, to be of particular advantage to provide an absolutely sanitary serving dish that can be readily destroyed after using, thereby insuring that the contents will be served to each customer in a dish that is absolutely fresh and clean.

To accomplish this in a simple and practical way, I have provided a holder 10 which may be constructed of metal or other suitable material and made in any desired form; that shown being provided with a. bottom plate 11 supported on four ball-shaped legs 12, the same being provided with standards 13 supporting an upper ring 14. A handle 15 is provided having one end 16 connected to this ring and its opposite end 17 to the base plate 11. This holder is particularly designed to receive a dish-shaped lining member 18 which is preferably made of paper, and which lining member is usually pressed into this dishing shape by a die Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1917.

Serial No. 145,042.

which draws the same up from the disk form into a cup form, the upper edge of the cup being corrugated to compensate for the greater diameter of the blank when in its disk form.

By this construction, it will be seen that the lining is flexible and when placed in the holder and filled with ice cream or the like, if no means of retaining the same is provided the lining will rotate and slip about in the holder when the contents are being spooned therefrom.

To obviate this difiiculty, I have provided simple and effective means for retaining this lining in the fixed position in the holder, which means comprises a clip 19, one member 20 of which is secured to the upper portion of the handle 15 by solder or otherwise, and the other member 21 of the clip being pivoted at 25 to the lower member thereof and a spring 22 acts between these members to cause the inwardly turned jaw ends 23 to bite together.

This particular form of clip is especially designed and arranged on this holder so that when a fresh lining is applied to the holder, it is only necessary for the operator to grasp the handle of the holder in one hand and by pressing his thumb on the outer end member 21 of the clip open its jaws, then with the other hand he passes the edge 24 of the paper lining between these jaws and after releasing the clip he permits the dish to drop into the holder. The dish is then filled and served and by this simple and effective means the lining is positively held from movement while the contents are being spooned therefrom.

Another feature of my invention is that the fastening clip is located on the handle of the holder, whereby it may be readily operated by the thumb of the hand which holds the holder; and a further object of the invention is that the clip is placed upon the handle of the holder in such a way that its inner ends are just outside of the inner line of the holder, whereby a glass or non-flexible lining might be placed in the holder without being interfered with by this clip.

I do not wish to be restricted to the particular form of holder shown as any design of holder and clip for receiving and retainmg a paper lining member may be employed. I also desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resorting to all mechanical changes to which the device is clearly susceptible, the invention being defined by the appended claim.

I claim:

A holder for a paper liner comprising a frame having a manipulating handle on its side, a spring-pressed clip having one of its jaws fixed to said handle and set back from the edge of the frame so as not to interfere with the ready positioning and removal of the liner, and a paper liner in said frame having a flexible edge adapted to be bent outward beyond its normal contour to be releasably engaged by said clip.

In testimony whereof I afl ix my signature. WILLIAM F. KILKENNY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

